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11/2 Pfennig - George
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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| Year | 1838 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1838 - - 38,688 |
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Mecklenburg-Strelitz was among the smallest and most financially constrained of the German states, and its fractional copper issues of the 1830s reflect a duchy operating on genuinely limited minting resources. George, who acceded in 1816, presided over a territory of roughly 1,100 square kilometers — one of the most sparsely populated polities in the German Confederation. The 1½ Pfennig denomination itself was an awkward fraction born of practical necessity, bridging gaps in everyday commerce that neither the 1 nor the 2 Pfennig could cleanly serve.
Surviving examples in collectible condition are scarcer than mintage records alone would suggest — copper issues of minor German states circulated hard in rural economies.